P Sooriyabandara of Sri Lanka collected the first ball duck on his test debut to provide the 118th occasion of a batsman dismissed first ball for a duck on test debut. It also provides the 14th occasion of a batsman dismissed in such a manner against India in a test innings on debut

P Sooriyabandara of Sri Lanka collected the first ball duck on his test debut to provide the 13th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman dismissed first ball for a duck on test debut. It also provides the first occasion of a batsman dismissed in such a manner against India in a test innings on debut. All such 13 occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	LWS Kaluperuma	0	1	3	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982
2	ERNS Fernando	0	1	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983
3	SAR Silva	0	1	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983
4	RAP Nissanka	0	1	2	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003
5	SL Malinga	0	1	4	v Australia	Darwin	01 Jul 2004
6	CK Kapugedera	0	1	2	v England	Lord’s	11 May 2006
7	SM Warnapura	0	1	2	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007
8	NT Paranavitana	0	1	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
9	MD Shanaka	0	1	2	v England	Leeds	19 May 2016
10	MVT Fernando	0	1	3	v Australia	Galle	04 Aug 2016
11	CBRLS Kumara	0	1	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Oct 2016
12	A Dananjaya	0	1	3	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	08 Feb 2018
13	P Sooriyabandara	0	1	4	v India	Galle	15 Aug 2026

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